Hjalmar Frisell

Hjalmar Frisell (27 August 1880-27 May 1967) was the commander of the voluntary Swedish Brigade during the Finnish Civil War.

Biography
Hjalmar Frisell was born in Stavnas, Sweden in 1880, and he served as an artillery officer in the Swedish Army until his 1910 retirement. In 1912, he competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics as a sports shooter. In 1918, Frisell was recruited as the commander of the volunteer Swedish Brigade, fighting alongside the Finnish White Guard during the Finnish Civil War. After the war, he spent ten years in Kenya, helping the British Army with railway constructions. He died in Stockholm in 1967.